3. John Marston Red Dead Redemption
Why Hes A Douche: Hes a douchebag in exactly the same way that the Sundance Kid, The Man With No Name and Jesse James are douchebags. He has a criminal past, in which he ran with a bandit gang, and god knows how many innocent lives were scattered and lost in their wake. The game never fully explores Marstons tumultuous origins, but, given the guilt he often expresses throughout Red Dead Redemptions story, its safe to say that he committed his share of sins in the past. Even as a bad ass present-day avenging gunslinger; hes often flippant, often vague about his reasoning, often violent, and his personal code sometimes seems to be little more than self-justification for murder.
Why You Love Him: Well, quite simply, because hes such a complex, multi-faceted character. True to style, Rockstar havent given us a black-and-white good guy to fight black-and-white bad guys with; theyve given us a satisfyingly complex shade of grey to decipher for ourselves across the course of an entire game. If hes not spouting epiphany-inducing wisdom (the kind that comes only from surviving untold hardships), hes taking the law into his own hands, and just like The Man With No Name, afterwards hell ride off into the sunset. Only this time, you get to do the riding, and you finally get to see whats beyond that sunset.